Royal Opera House, Covent Garden - 1997

Cast: Sergei Leiferkus, Kallen Esperian, Plácido Domingo, Jaakko Ryhänen

Conductor: Sir Mark Elder

"Of course the later Boccanegra is the greater work, but the original is perfectly valid as a middle period melodrama, and that is the way the producer Ian Judge approached it, with infectious theatrical sweep and particularly skilful direction of the chorus." - The Times